One day in the near future, Adley Rutschman is going to step to the plate in the bottom of the 10th, his team down by one and a runner on base. The crowd will be going wild for the star catcher, the opposing team wondering why it was their bad luck that it was his turn in the lineup. Rustschman will work the count to 3-1, then launch a walk-off home run onto the flag court.
Tonight, however, that didn’t happen. The rookie did come to the plate in that scenario. He did get to a 3-1 count, but he couldn’t close the deal.